Out and About
Year 12 MAX Service Day
On 7 June the Year 12 students went out with their MAX groups to complete a morning of service, at a couple of different organisations who are committed to responding to the social development needs of society's most vulnerable.
These establishments included Container of Hope, Puddle Jumpers, Lutheran Care and Lutheran Church of Australia International Mission Adelaide.
Below is some student feedback.
Our group attended the LCA International Mission. We were able to complete a number of tasks as a way of serving the community. The most interesting task was sorting thousands of stamps into boxes based on their value. These stamps were donated to the LCA by members of the community to be sold. The money raised from these sales is put towards projects that benefits others in the community.
Additionally, each team of students participated in an online meeting via Zoom with a class of primary school students and their teachers in Indonesia. This was an exciting opportunity to build positive connections with communities overseas, and it helped students to meet the people who were directly benefiting from the LCA’s hard work. It was wonderful to see our students engaging in community service with the LCA; they were enthusiastic about serving others and took a genuine interest in learning more about this fantastic organisation.
Our class spent the morning serving at Lutheran Care, Blair Athol. This activity was part of our topic ‘Giving to Communities’. We were split into small groups and rotated around a range of activities to support the organisation in a range of ways. Some of the jobs included organising items in the op shop, folding clothes and blankets, cleaning the pantry, and packaging food. We enjoyed the experience of being able to help others and give back to the community.
“I really enjoyed helping out at Lutheran Care knowing that I was helping others.” - Trinity Kaesler
“It doesn’t take much to make a difference” - Vivian Tan
What did you enjoy about the service morning?
During the service morning I enjoyed working collectively as a team within the three MAX classes assigned to the Puddle Jumpers Glandore location. The required tasks of the morning involved sorting and boxing required materials into shoeboxes and sorting items in preparation for a camp hosted by the organisation. I also enjoyed applying the Endeavour Way values of Love, Courage, Forgiveness, and Hope discussed in the previous MAX lessons to the charitable work within our team.
What did you learn?
During the service morning, I learnt and applied a number of charitable and socially generous values discussed during the previous MAX lessons in connection to the Endeavour Way. These concepts and values applied included showing both love and hope for the future of the organisation by assisting them with boxing/sorting goods to be used during their programs. I also learnt of the value and importance of serving others faithfully and with a charitable spirit, or 'paying it forward' if we were to apply these principles and values through a Christian lens.
Why is it important to contribute to service activities/volunteering?
It is important to contribute to service activities/volunteering, because as a physically and intellectually-able person, I believe that I have a moral responsibility or obligation to 'pay it forward' in order to aid or assist a charity which works within a community or a demographic of less fortunate residents to improve their quality of life through the provision of food, items, materials, activities, or camps in the case of Puddle Jumpers.
Through a Christian lens, the importance of doing God's work by 'paying it forward' through our contribution to service activities/volunteering is also clearly emphasised. Given that less fortunate people often rely on a charity organisation for items such as food, water, clothes, and shelter, I believe that it is vitally important that those who can assist in a meaningful or practical way do so in order to ensure that less people are 'left in the dark' or overlooked.
Helen Carter
Service Learning Leader
Pedal Prix
On Sunday 18 June, Endeavour College’s Lil Ripper and Clipper were brought to Victoria Park for the first Pedal Prix race of the year.
Out of 143 bikes competing, Lil Ripper (senior bike) came 54th and Clipper (junior bike) came 83rd. Although these results are not final due to technical errors on the day, these are still fantastic results and the team should be proud of the effort they put it. The team is ready for the next race on August 5 at Tailem Bend.
Thanks again to the families that joined us on the day, with a special mention to the Malaxos family for organising the day and the mechanic work, and Edward Deane for assistance with tracking laps and times.
Anthony Bonini
Pedal Prix Coordinator
Endeavour College Debating
Round 2 of Debating took place at Nazareth Catholic College on 22 June and our Year 8 and 9 teams had a phenomenal night. The topic of this round’s debate was for Year 8s was “That single sex schools are better than co-ed schools” and for Year 9s, "That students at South Australian schools who hate PE should be able to help people do yard work instead." All of our teams argued in the negative.
The teams worked incredibly hard on their speeches to convince the audience and adjudicator to disagree with the topics.
8 Yellow and 9 Red lost their debates, with Asher Harten in 9 Red being awarded Best Speaker despite the loss, and Armaan Jawshani in Year 8 doing an incredible job for his first ever debating speech in the Year 9 league. 9 Orange and 9 Blue both pulled through with the victory with Samantha Perryman (9 Blue) and Alex Fechner (9 Orange) both being awarded Best Speaker for their incredible efforts.
Round 4 will be on 3 August at Nazareth Catholic College and the teams will debate the following topics:
Year 8: That private schools should be abolished.
Year 9: That defacing works of art is an unacceptable form of protest.
Anthony Bonini
Debating Coordinator